(Nov. 30,
1944) -- Ship's cook 3/c Glenn C. Nelson, 21, missing since his
ship-destroyer
USS Warrington went down off the Virginia coast Sept. 12 in what
was to be known as the Great Atlantic Hurricane of Sept. 14, 1944.

Nelson enlisted in the Navy
in August 1941.

His wife Anna lives at 511 Washington Avenue,
Belleville, N.J.

On May 28, 2016, Glenn Nelson Way at Washington Avenue and Division
Avenue, was dedicated in memory of this brave Belleville son.

Glenn C. Nelson
Ship's Clerk, Third Class, U.S. Navy
03005450
United States Navy
Entered the Service from: Illinois
Died: September 13, 1944

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at East Coast Memorial
New York City, USA

Sources

American Battle
Monuments Commission

Belleville Times, Nov. 30, 1944

World War II Honor List of
Dead and Missing, State of New Jersey, War Dept. June 1946